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<h1>Logging in and viewing the status of a project</h1>
<p>To access reports and documents in MicroStrategy, you must first log 
 in. Use the appropriate procedure below depending on whether you are a 
 regular MicroStrategy Web user or a guest user.</p>
<h2>To log in</h2>
<ol type="1" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>Open MicroStrategy Web.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Do one of the following, depending on whether you are 
 presented with a login screen or a list of projects:</p></li>
	<ul>
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p>If you are prompted 
 to log in, enter your user name and password and click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span>. 
 The project selection page is displayed. Select the project in which you 
 want to work.</p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p>If a list of 
 projects is displayed, select the project in which you want to work, and 
 then log in to that project.</p></li>
	</ul>
	
<li class=p><p>If any of the following options are displayed below 
 the user name and password fields, select the check box for the correct 
 authentication type. </p></li>
</ol>
<ol type="disc" class="whs2">
	<ul type="disc" class="whs3">
		
<li class=p><p>Standard authentication (user name and password).</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>LDAP authentication.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>Database authentication.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>Windows authentication.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>Trusted authentication request.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>Guest user. For information on logging in as a guest 
 user, see below.</p></li>
	</ul>
</ol>
<p class="whs4">These will appear if your administrator provided 
 you with one or more authentication user names and passwords to use for 
 logging into MicroStrategy Web. For more information, contact your administrator.</p>
<ol start="3" type="1" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>A <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Save my password</B></span> 
 check box may appear below the login fields, depending on how the system 
 is configured. Select this check box if you want to bypass the login page 
 the next time you open MicroStrategy Web. Your login information is saved 
 and the information is automatically retrieved the next time you open 
 MicroStrategy Web.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Login</B></span>.</p></li>
</ol>
<p class="whs5">If your password has expired, a <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Change 
 Password</B></span> link is displayed. Click the link to change your password.</p>
<h2>Logging in as a guest user</h2>
<p>You can log into MicroStrategy Web as an anonymous guest user if the 
 administrator has enabled this option in the Security section of Project 
 Defaults. </p>
<p>When you log in as a guest, you have access to only those functions 
 assigned by the administrator for the guest account, and all modifications 
 and report execution requests are saved for only as long as you remain 
 logged in. You cannot save any reports or changes you make to reports. 
 </p>
<p>When you log out of MicroStrategy Web, MicroStrategy Intelligence Server 
 releases all data associated with the session.</p>
<h3>To log in as a guest user</h3>
<ol type="1" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>Click the project to which you want to connect.</p></li>
</ol>
<ol start="2" type="1" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>On the project login page, click the<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> 
 Guest User</B></span> hyperlink. You are now logged into the project as a 
 guest.</p></li>
</ol>
<p class="whs4"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span>: 
 The Guest User privilege must be created in MicroStrategy Desktop. Your 
 Administrator must activate the setting in order for the Guest User hyperlink 
 to appear. </p>
<h2>Viewing the status of a project</h2>
<p>If there is a status message for a project, it is displayed either at 
 the top or bottom of the project's home page when you log in.</p>
<p>A project's status includes messages from the system administrator or 
 project designer, for example when work is being performed on certain 
 objects in the project. The status also usually includes a date and time 
 stamp.</p>
<h3>Related topics</h3>
<ul type="disc" class="whs3">
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Switching_between_projects.htm">Switching between 
 projects</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Logging_out_of_a_project.htm">Logging out of 
 a project and specifying logout preferences</a></p></li>
</ul>
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